The UK meteorological agency today records a temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius at Heathrow airport in London, the highest heat level in the country's history.

For the first time the temperature exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in the UK, the UK meteorological agency said that the temperature warning is increasing in many places.

High temperatures have made the majority of England and Wales have to issue red alarms.

A lot of our infrastructure is not built to resist this heat, the Transport Minister Grant Shapps said.

Many experts believe that the serious heat wave in the UK and many European countries is due to climate change, and warning of severe weather will happen more often in the coming years.

The record temperature in the UK and the tragic deaths for the heat in Europe are the wake -up scene for the world, Tim Wainwright, CEO of Wateraid's charity.

A woman shielded in the hot sun at the Millennium Bridge, London, England on July 18.

The heat wave in Europe in recent days has caused many serious forest fires in France, Portugal and Spain.

Spain noted that some people were killed in recent days due to forest fires and a 50 -year -old office worker died of sunstroke in Madrid.

In Portugal, the 70 -year -old couple died on July 18 after trying to escape the car burned on the road.

Germany and Belgium are expected to record a record heat of up to 40 degrees C.

Henning Christ, a farmer in Brandenburg, Germany, said his farm was about 20%lower than the average annual yield.

The weather is almost no rain, while high temperatures maintain for months.

Researchers of the European Commission on July 18 said 46% of the EU territory had drought at a warning level and 10% at an alarming level.

European people are on the maximum air conditioner when the hot weather is recorded, leading to the amount of gas needed to produce electricity.

People in many Southwestern European countries are struggling with record high temperatures when hot sun attacks, causing forest fires in many places.